[TONY MOLY] I'm Real Seaweed Aqua Moisture Lotion

By J
Sample Review I bought the full size and reviewed the packaging here.

So I found out I had three of these samples in my ever growing sample collection so I thought it'd be a good time to do a review of this item, since I have enough to try for a week or two.

It's meant for dry skin, it's supposed to supply moisture to dry and rough skin and contains mineral-rich brown algae and seaweed extract.
It's main ingredients are 

•    - Fair trade Argan oil
     - Natural ingredients 72%
     - Sea water 30,000mg
     - 9 No Added Formula
  (Parabens, talc, triethanolamine, benzyl alcohol, sulfate-based surfactants, propylene glycol, mineral oil, benzophenone, artificial colors free)

Yay, free samples :D

It's step two in your routine so I assume that's after toner, and before cream

It looks like there's a tiny amount, but I used this for well over a week.

The texture is quite light, and surprisingly transparent, if you can see in the picture, It smells of something but it's not an unpleasant smell.

There's a Lioele "version" of this sort of; it's another seaweed gel lotion sort of thing that I've done a comparison to this one. Take a look at it here :D

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Pros:

J It's moisturising enough and yet light enough for me to use on my forehead alone 
J It's a very good second step and moisturises my dry cheeks very well in addition to my cream
J My skin feels a lot smoother
J You don't need a lot to cover your face so the full bottle should last a while

Cons:

L The bottle it comes in has just an open hole, so using a specific amount may be difficult
L Doesn't contain any SPF, and neither does any of their other products in their 3 Step program

Comparing to [Lioele Multi Seaweed Gel
Not sponsored or anything

L Probably harder to use because this comes in a bottle whereas that comes in a pot

J This was much more moisturising
J You get more for your dollar!!! :DDD
J I can actually notice this giving effect to its claim unlike the Lioele one

Overall: 4.95/5 
Verdict: I like it enough to buy it. I'll seriously consider it once I've tried and compared it to the Lioele one. Just gotta wait til I have a bit of spending money LOL and then I'm gonna get this. Only bummer is the lack of SPF :c

Edit: I actually bought it in my most recent haul seen here. 
Here's the full size one, where I just review the packaging.

Full size bottle (200ml) is about $16USD on ebay.

[Etude House] Drawing Eye Brow

By J

I've been using this for about a year, refilled my old pen once, and then bought a new one after I got too rough with my old one and cracked the plastic. I just like it so much because it's cheap and it works pretty well that I want to share with you guys :D

This is a rebuy I bought in my most recent haul from jolse.

Pencil one end, spoolie on the other

Color swatch..? xD

Top: before. Below: after.
Eh, sorry there's a pimple in my eyebrow :c

You can create really natural looking eyebrows or some pretty funky ones too.

The color I have is Grey-Brown, but there's 5 other shades too to suit.


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Pros:

J You can refill the pen, so you can save package wastage :D
J Twist up pen so no need for sharpening
J Spoolie provided so it's convenient for travel
J 6 colors to choose from
J It's cheap ($3.71 USD on cosmeticjolse.com when it's on its weekly sale)

Cons:

L The refills don't come with new lids so if you lose the lid that's it lol
L If you've been sweating, it will come off when you wipe you eyebrows (so no touchy)

Overall: 4.9/5 
Find it here at jolse. (Not sponsored in any form.)

[The FACE Shop] New Zealand Volcanic Clay Black Head Aloe Nose Strip

By J

Woah, so much time has passed already; January came by and went so quickly. o.o

As free samples from Jolse.com, I've gotten quite a few different brands of nose pore strips, and I have to say I like The FACE Shop (hereafter 'TFS') Aloe Nose Strips the best.
They have one that doesn't have aloe but I find that when I use it I get quite a bit of clay (grey stuff) getting around.

As peeps living in NZ, the mud and hot springs have been toted around as medicinal and containing healing properties for plenty of years (as the Rotorua Museum will tell you). I'm not totally sold on it, but I do recommend the hot pools if anyone is ever in the North Island.

So onto the review:

 The good thing about this is that there are instructions on how to use this, shown in a way that non-english speakers can understand. There was this one brand that I tried that had no instructions that I could read and that was a disaster. 

I really like how this actually fits my face. Another brand I sampled had the wings go all the way under my eyes, and it hurt the skin under my eyes when I peeled it off :c

Not sure if you can see, but if you enlarge the picture, you can see the stuff it pulled out :D
It's gross, but it's fun to look at afterwards.

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Pros:

J The shape of the strip is really good for the nose; it doesn't venture into eye area
J Clean and easy to use
J Pulls out a lot of impurities (I wish i had a better picture to show you guys ;c)
J Pain is more tolerable than other strips I've tried
J Price is affordable ($4.78 USD on Jolse, haven't found cheaper on ebay)

Cons:

L If the strip is not completely dry, you may get some residue on your nose (but you can just clean it off)
L It hurts to pull it off (no pain no gain I guess)

Overall: 4.6/5 (for the residue, and the pain)